Ransomware with ransomnote in Russian and encryption extension .scarab.
rule win_scarabey_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" version = "1" description = "Detects win.scarabey." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.scarabey" malpedia_rule_date = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 6a01 ff5004 899e58030000 e9???????? c78778010000acab5700 } // n = 5, score = 100 // 6a01 | push 1 // ff5004 | call dword ptr [eax + 4] // 899e58030000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x358], ebx // e9???????? | // c78778010000acab5700 | mov dword ptr [edi + 0x178], 0x57abac $sequence_1 = { 51 50 8d45c0 50 ffd7 897598 c74594fc2f5300 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 51 | push ecx // 50 | push eax // 8d45c0 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x40] // 50 | push eax // ffd7 | call edi // 897598 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x68], esi // c74594fc2f5300 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x6c], 0x532ffc $sequence_2 = { 51 ff15???????? 8d8dc0d6ffff e8???????? 8b95c0d6ffff 52 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | // 8d8dc0d6ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x2940] // e8???????? | // 8b95c0d6ffff | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2940] // 52 | push edx $sequence_3 = { 8b442408 8b4c2404 6a00 6a00 6a00 6a00 50 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b442408 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 8] // 8b4c2404 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 4] // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a00 | push 0 // 50 | push eax $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 6a01 8d8d14d1ffff 51 ff15???????? 6a00 6a00 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ff15???????? | // 6a01 | push 1 // 8d8d14d1ffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x2eec] // 51 | push ecx // ff15???????? | // 6a00 | push 0 // 6a00 | push 0 $sequence_5 = { 894608 89460c c706???????? c74604???????? c74610541e5300 e8???????? 8bc6 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 894608 | mov dword ptr [esi + 8], eax // 89460c | mov dword ptr [esi + 0xc], eax // c706???????? | // c74604???????? | // c74610541e5300 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x10], 0x531e54 // e8???????? | // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi $sequence_6 = { e9???????? 837dec00 0f851a010000 6683f80c 0f8510010000 6a0a } // n = 6, score = 100 // e9???????? | // 837dec00 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x14], 0 // 0f851a010000 | jne 0x120 // 6683f80c | cmp ax, 0xc // 0f8510010000 | jne 0x116 // 6a0a | push 0xa $sequence_7 = { 8bf0 83f907 7771 ff248d690c4700 4e eb26 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 83f907 | cmp ecx, 7 // 7771 | ja 0x73 // ff248d690c4700 | jmp dword ptr [ecx*4 + 0x470c69] // 4e | dec esi // eb26 | jmp 0x28 $sequence_8 = { c745bc06000000 897dd0 c745c404885300 c745cc64000000 ff9060010000 } // n = 5, score = 100 // c745bc06000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x44], 6 // 897dd0 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], edi // c745c404885300 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x3c], 0x538804 // c745cc64000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x34], 0x64 // ff9060010000 | call dword ptr [eax + 0x160] $sequence_9 = { c745cc18405300 e8???????? 33c0 40 e8???????? c20400 6a08 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c745cc18405300 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x34], 0x534018 // e8???????? | // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 40 | inc eax // e8???????? | // c20400 | ret 4 // 6a08 | push 8 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 3580928 }
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